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- ↑ "Roussel: "Bacchus et Ariane" Ballet Suite No. 2". UC Davis Arts. 2013-06-28. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- ↑ "Bacchus et Ariane". InformaDanza (in Italian). 2015-12-12. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
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